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Budokan (武道館, Budōkan) is a style of karate recognized by the World Union of Karate Do Organizations [1] and the World Karate Federation. Karate Budokan International was founded in 1966 by Chew Choo Soot in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia.
The full name of the society is the Budokwai (The Way of Knighthood Society) [7] but it is normally called The Budokwai. The name Budokwai was chosen by the society's founder Gunji Koizumi as a combination of the Japanese words bu (武) meaning military or martial, do (道) meaning the way or code, kwai (会) meaning public building or a society/club. [8]
Budō is a compound of the root bu (武:ぶ; wǔ in Chinese), meaning "war" or "martial"; and dō (道:どう; dào in Chinese), incorporating the character above for head and below for foot, meaning the unification of mind and body "path" or "way" [4] (including the ancient Indic Dharmic and Buddhist conception of "path", or mārga in Sanskrit [5]).
Dai Nippon Butoku Kai (DNBK, Japanese: 大日本武徳会, English: "Greater Japan Martial Virtue Society") was the largest martial arts organization in Japan with strong ties to WWII-era Japanese government, originally established in 1895 in Kyoto and had the biggest influence on Budo in modern Japan.
The 57th Japan National Kendo Championship (November 3, 2009) The 55th JKA All-Japan Karate Championship (2012) Outside and inside of Nippon Budokan configured for a concert, 2024 The Nippon Budokan during the cherry blossom season. Although the Budokan also functions as a venue for big musical events, its primary purpose is for Japanese ...
Advocates "Kyokushin Budokai", which focuses on self-defense, with emphasis on judo-like throws. Internationale Budo Kai – headed by Gerard Gordeau (9th dan), in Poland as the Polish Federation Budokai Karate Institute (IBK) – headed by shihan Artur Więzowski (6th dan) from Ciechanowiec.
In Chinese pinyin, however, the same character is pronounced duàn in Mandarin with the 4th tone, and was originally used to mean phase. Dan is often used together with the word kyū ( 級 ) in certain ranking systems, with dan being used for the higher ranks and kyū being used for lower ranks.
Karate originated in and, is technically, Okinawan, except for Kyokushin (an amalgamation of parts of Shotokan and Gojoryu), formerly known as the Ryūkyū Kingdom, but now a part of present-day Japan. Karate is a fusion of pre-existing Okinawan martial arts, called "te", and Chinese martial arts.